Text: Isaiah 7:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 16:5
Subject: collaborative opposition of Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Israel
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Isaiah 7:1 and 2 Kings 16:5 are parallel accounts of the Syro-Ephraimite crisis, when Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel attacked Jerusalem. Both texts record the same event — "they went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it." The Kings narrative focuses on Ahaz's political response (appealing to Assyria for help, 2 Kgs 16:7), while Isaiah uses the crisis as the setting for the Immanuel prophecy (Isa 7:14). The shared historical event receives radically different theological framing: Kings shows the political failure; Isaiah reveals the prophetic opportunity Ahaz squandered by refusing to trust God.